It’s been three years since the death of renowned Kansas cyclist Steve Tilford, but now a local nonprofit will memorialize his name and spirit in its work.
The Steve Tilford Foundation, which announced its launch on Wednesday, will support individuals, programs and events to promote youth cycling throughout the Midwest. Its mission, broadly speaking, is to promote youth development through cycling.
“One ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has already been in touch with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, and she hopes the new administration will provide the state with more help than the current one, she told the Journal-World on Tuesday.
Kelly briefly discussed the national election after receiving a tour of a local manufacturing plant. While she plans to work with Biden’s administration much in the same way ...
John Rathbun entered Lawrence’s hospital in early July terrified that if he got put on a ventilator he’d never come off of it. But the 66-year-old Lawrence resident, luckily, never needed one.
Rathbun was a COVID-19 inpatient at LMH Health from July 8 until Aug. 9, a recovery process his doctors referred to as a marathon, not a sprint. He entered the hospital low on oxygen, extremely tired and with a nasty ...
Douglas County could see a few pockets of strong to marginally severe storms Monday night, according to a meteorologist from the National Weather Service.
Monday evening into early Tuesday, Douglas County will be under a hazardous weather outlook expected to include rain and thunderstorms. There is also a small potential for small hail and strong wind. Daniel Reese, the meteorologist, said the county should ...
After months of being closed due to the pandemic, The University of Kansas' Spencer Museum of Art is once more open to the public.
The museum, which is free, is open on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This month will be visitors' last chance to view three exhibits: "Staging Shimomura," which explores Roger Shimomura's performance art, "Past Presence," which focuses on how stories about the ...
Haskell Indian Nations University will continue with all-online classes for the spring semester, according to a memorandum sent to students by the university president on Tuesday.
"With the climbing COVID numbers in Indian Country, we will continue our Distance Education through the Spring Semester," president Ronald Graham wrote. "I will not chance your health or lives with pushing to traditional instruction ...
